Great Tang princess

Chapter 491

The imperial kitchen in the palace was still very efficient. After sitting down and drinking two cups of tea, the sumptuous meal was served.

After several years of training, the skills of the imperial chefs have also become quite good, and they have also developed many new dishes.

Wu Zetian picked up the wine glass and asked curiously, "Why do you continue to stay there?"

"Boy, I plan to push the border in the northeast direction a little further." Li Yuechen replied, then raised his head and asked, "Aniang thinks, is it fast enough to use the hang glider to deliver the news?"

"Of course!" Wu Zetian nodded, "From here to Chang'an, it takes one or two hours to arrive. Even if you came back from Qingdao, didn't it only take you a day?"

"Then... what if it can be faster?" Li Yuechen asked with a smile.

Hearing this question and looking at the expression on her face, Wu Zetian didn't answer right away, but fell into deep thought.

Li Yuechen grew up, no matter how far-fetched his words sounded, they all came true in the end!

So although she couldn't think of it, Wu Zetian knew that since she said so, she must have a way to make the news pass faster.

On the contrary, Li Dan was not interested in this aspect at all, and asked casually: "How fast can it be faster?"

"From here to Chang'an, it can be reached in an instant!" Li Yuechen said surprisingly, "It only takes a moment to know the news!"

Hearing these words, everyone present raised their heads and looked at Li Yuechen in surprise.

This kind of thing is too beyond cognition, I can't believe it at all.But if she said it, no matter how nonsense it was, it would become believable.

Wu Zetian's left eye widened and his right eye narrowed: "Is this really possible?"

"Of course it is possible!" Li Yuechen nodded, "The only problem is that it is too troublesome and takes a long time."

"What does this have to do with your pushing the national border outward?" Wu Zetian asked.

Li Yuechen thought about it, asked Zhang Chengxin to get the map, and then only showed it to her: "To do this, I need to make power generation equipment, and I need to send people to dig magnetite here..."

Simply explain the truth to them, if you want to do this, you must have a magnet, otherwise you won't be able to do it!

But to be honest, whether natural magnets can achieve the desired effect is really a question mark.

Occasionally, I remember that my physics teacher said that in the industrial age, almost all magnets are artificial, and the peak current can reach tens of thousands of amperes or more.

But natural magnets may not be able to do this. If not, then we have to think of other solutions.

There are other ways, and they are surprisingly simple.

Just cast an iron ingot first, then paint it with copper wire and wrap it on it, and then find a thunderstorm and insert it in a high place. If you can attract a lightning bolt to strike it, you can theoretically make a magnet of.

But this method is too unstable. The current of lightning varies from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of amperes, and the voltage can even be as high as one billion volts.

The physics teacher said that the power generated by a medium-level lightning can be comparable to a small nuclear power plant.

Not to mention the extremely high temperature of the lightning, if a bolt of lightning strikes down, the iron ingot might melt directly.

Even in the future, it will be difficult for human beings to directly use the power of lightning, let alone in this era, killing is not the way to do it.

Anyway, it's only for communication, and doesn't need a strong magnet, as long as Dongdu and Chang'an can communicate in real time, it's already very good.

Li Yuechen never thought that he could bring this country into the electrical age all of a sudden by himself, it was simply unrealistic.

They want to make a communication wire just to leave some wealth for them, and hope that in the next few hundred years, they can advance into the technological age with their own efforts.

After listening to her explanation, Wu Zetian thought for a while: "I don't know anything about this matter, since you are sure, then listen to you!"

In any case, if the instant communication between Dongdu and Chang'an can be realized, the control over the two capitals will be strengthened again.

Not to mention that it is only a one-day journey between Qingdao and Dongdu. It can be said that with such an invention, the imperial power has been much more stable.

The emperor had already spoken, so the others naturally had no objections.

Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng just kept praising her for being amazing, while Li Xian curiously asked why.

It's a pity that in Li Yuechen's view, the third brother is illiterate in science and couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply didn't bother to talk about it, and asked about his family life instead.

Speaking of this, Li Xian became interested, and was about to talk about how he handled his wife recently, but was interrupted by Li Xian.

"Yuechen, there are some problems with the financial reports you have sent over the past few years!"

Although Li Yuechen is also in charge of the logistics in Qingdao, considering that the second brother will be the head of the general logistics of the imperial military region in the future, Li Yuechen will send back the financial statements there.

"Hmm? No problem, brother? You think too much!" Li Yuechen replied with a guilty conscience.

Although she is not a extravagant person, she is definitely not a budget-conscious person. It has long been a habit to spend money lavishly.

Originally, she spent money like this in her previous life, but in this life she became a royal princess, and saving money has nothing to do with her at all.

Li Xian frowned: "The main food in Qingdao is fish. This is all exchanged with experience from fishermen, but the cost of food is still so high. This is obviously a fake account!"

Of course it's fake!Li Yuechen felt helpless. In fact, the live ammunition training for making hang glider, grenades and artillery consumed a lot.

But I was afraid that the second brother would come back and talk about it, so I moved a part of it to spend on food.

"Oh, you can't eat fish every day, you have to change it." Li Yuechen waved his hand and raised his glass, "Okay, brother, I'm here to drink. I just came back today, so I won't talk about it!"

Li Xian frowned: "Are you planning to fool around?"

……

After 10 minutes, Li Xian fell down on the table with his face flushed, and waved his hands again and again: "Don't drink, don't drink! Otherwise, go back and let your subordinates see the bad effect!"

"It's okay, brother, I'll just stay at Yudi's house tonight." Li Dan grinned and raised his glass to him again.

Li Yuechen also heaved a sigh of relief, but it can be regarded as muddling through.

The two elder sisters and mother Wu Zetian next to him couldn't help laughing. They were all in their twenties, but Li Yuechen could still see a lot of shadows from his childhood—occasionally he still looked very cute.

Li Yuechen just came back today, and he didn't talk too much about work. After getting Li Xian drunk, he spent most of his time talking about some interesting things in Shandong.

Compared with those road construction or shipyards, he was obviously more interested in the nearly [-]-foot-long ship in the description: "Is it suitable to take my brother to see that ship?"

"Don't worry, brother, there will definitely be a chance in the future. Let brother and mother go and have a look." Li Yuechen laughed.

What she was talking about was naturally the airship under construction. As long as this thing can be produced, then people of this era will have the basic capital to conquer the sky.

Of course, fighter jets... At least I don't want to in my lifetime.

Still the same sentence, there are too few educated people in this era, and it is considered good to be able to promote universal education in my lifetime.

……

After chatting until late at night, Wu Zetian couldn't help but feel a little sleepy, and covered his mouth and yawned.

Li Yuechen said at the right time: "It's too late today, let's rest first, I will definitely stay for a few more days when I come back this time, don't be in a hurry."

"Well, that's true!" Wu Zetian nodded, "Let's rest today, tomorrow's meeting will definitely be lively again."

"Aniang don't need to talk to them." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "Why don't you stay in the palace with Aniang tonight?"

"Forget it, you should go back." Wu Zetian waved his hand, "I just came back and spent the night in the palace. It is inevitable that some people will think too much about staying a little longer after the court meeting tomorrow."

"Okay." Li Yuechen nodded in agreement, "Then Auntie, rest early, and I'll come back after the court tomorrow."

It stands to reason that, as Minister of the Ministry of War, she should attend the daily court meeting.

But after all, she is also a princess, and she has always been able to avoid going to the court meeting or something. Even if she goes, she will stay in the passage.

It's not about anything else, it's just that until now, Li Yuechen can't get used to kneeling, and after a long time, he always feels uncomfortable in his knees.

Especially after the chair was invented, people in the royal family seldom sit on their knees anymore.

Li Dan carried Li Xian's arm and walked out, Li Xian also said hello, and carried him out with him and put him on the carriage.

After greeting each other, Li Yuechen also planned to go back with his two older sisters and Shangguan Wan'er, but Wu Zetian suddenly said, "Chen'er, stay here and say a few words for your mother. You guys, wait outside for a while now."

After a few people agreed, Li Yuechen returned to Jixian Hall with a puzzled expression on his face, and sat down opposite his mother: "What else can I order?"

"I don't know what's wrong with your device that transmits messages in an instant." Wu Zetian thought for a while, "But if you are really sure, you can do everything with confidence. Be the emperor!"

"Huh...huh?" Li Yuechen raised his head suddenly, feeling as if he had misheard: "When did I become the emperor?"

Wu Zetian grinned, raised her hand and touched her head: "You girl, some things are always very slow. Although I am sitting on the dragon chair now, in fact, you are the real emperor. Don't you not understand?"

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yuechen finally understood.

Now no matter what she does or says, my mother agrees to everything and fully supports her.Moreover, she herself is now the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses, the real highest military officer in the country!
In this case, she is actually no different from the emperor, perhaps the only difference is that she is not sitting on the dragon chair, but she is already a veritable uncrowned emperor.

Seeing that she had come to her senses, Wu Zetian showed a nostalgic smile: "Your grandfather once said that I hope you can become another emperor behind the Tang Dynasty. Now it can be regarded as right."

(End of this chapter)